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Session U1: High Tc Transport

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Marcel Franz, UBC
Room: LACC 152

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U1.00001: New measurements of the magnetic penetration depth in YBCO by Gd ESR, Hc, and microwave cavity perturbation. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U1.00002: Evidence of a nodeless superconducting gap in PrCeCuO from magnetic penetration depth measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U1.00003: Universal scaling relation in high-temperature superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U1.00004: An Infrared Probe of the Nodal Metal State in High-Tc Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U1.00005: Thermal and charge transport in low-doped cuprates at very low temperature Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U2: Jamming and Geometric Constraints

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Leonardo Silbert, University of Chicago
Room: LACC 151

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U2.00001: Jammed Ellipsoids Beat Jammed Spheres: Experiments with Candies and Colloids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U2.00002: Multiscaling at Point J: Jamming is a Critical Phenomenon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U2.00003: Soft modes and the onset of jamming Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U2.00004: The onset of jamming as the sudden emergence of an infinite k-core cluster Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U2.00005: Spatial structures and dynamics of kinetically constrained models of glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U3: Unconventional Electronic and Optical Uses of Negative Refractive and Negative Index Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DAMOP
Chair: Costas Soukoulis, Iowa State University
Room: LACC 515B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U3.00001: Negative Refraction, Left-Handed Materials and Heterostructures in Guided Wave Electronics Using Metamaterials and Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U3.00002: Nonlinear effects in left-handed metamaterials and related structures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U3.00003: Optical Bulk and Surface Waves with Negative Refraction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U3.00004: Bicrystals Allow Negative and Total Refraction of Electronic and Optical Waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U4: Polymer Microstructures

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Karen Winey, University of Pennsylvania
Room: LACC 515A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U4.00001: On the Formation of an Ordered Array of Holes in a Polymer Film:What can Dew Formation Teach Us? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U4.00002: Block Copolymer Lithography Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U4.00003: Microstructures of Polymer-Inorganic Hybrids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U4.00004: Use of Polymer Micro-Structures for Drug \& Gene Delivery Invited Speaker: Ben Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U4.00005: Functional Microstructures from Iron-Containing Block Copolymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U5: Spin Control in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Structures

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DCMP
Chair: Peter Schiffer, Penn State University
Room: LACC 502B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U5.00001: Electrical Control of Magnetization in Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U5.00002: Spin accumulation in forward-biased MnAs/GaAs Schottky diodes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U5.00003: Interfacial Control of Ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As-based Hetero- and Nano-structures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U5.00004: Ferromagnetic Control of Spin-Dependent Electron Currents in a Semiconductor Invited Speaker: L. J. Sham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U5.00005: Unexpected magnetism in thin film dielectric oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U6: Physics of Slip Phenomena at Liquid/Solid Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Sandra Troian, Princeton University
Room: LACC 502A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U6.00001: Slip Behavior in Liquid Nanoscale Films: Influence of Molecular Ordering, Wall Roughness and Patterned Surface Energy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U6.00002: Low Friction Flow of Liquid at Smooth and Nanopatterned Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U6.00003: Polymer/Nonpolymer Interactions and Apparent Wall Slip During Flow at High Stresses: An Historical Perspective Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U6.00004: Liquid Slippage over a Hydrophobic Surface: The Effect of Nanobubbles and Nanoroughness. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U6.00005: Slippage, Cavitation and Sharkskin in Polymer Melts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U7: Nucleic Acid Translocation Through Nanopores

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: David Lubensky, Vrije University
Room: LACC 408B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U7.00001: Silicon Nanopore Devices for DNA Translocation and Sequencing Studies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U7.00002: Anomalous dynamics of translocation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U7.00003: Translocation and unzipping kinetics of DNA molecules using a nanopore Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U7.00004: Simulation of Nucleic Acid Transport Through Carbon Nanotube Membranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U7.00005: Kinetics of RNA translocation through a nanopore Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U9: Glassy and Random Magnets

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Bulbul Chakroborty, Brandeis University
Room: LACC 153A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U9.00001: Experimental Study of the Phase Diagram of LiHo$_x$Y$_{1-x}$F$_4$ J. A. Quilliam, C.G.A. Mugford, L. Lettress, J.B. Kycia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U9.00002: Aging dynamics across a dynamic Almeida-Thouless line in three dimensional Ising spin glass Cu$_{0.5}$Co$_{0.5}$Cl$_{2}$-FeCl$_{3}$ graphite bi-intercalation compound Masatsugu Suzuki, Itsuko Suzuki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U9.00003: Correlation length of the two-dimensional Ising spin glass with bimodal interactions Helmut Katzgraber, Lik Wee Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U9.00004: The Compressible Ising Spin Glass: Simulation Results Adam Marshall, Bulbul Chakraborty, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U9.00005: Phase Transition of the Random Field Ising Model at Zero Temperature and Positive Temperature Yong Wu, Jonathan Machta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U9.00006: Behaviour of spin glasses in a magnetic field Matteo Palassini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U9.00007: Spin-glass behavior probed at the local level using information theoretic measures Debra A. Kenneway, Susan R. McKay, David P. Feldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U9.00008: Renormalization study of Ising Spin Glasses in a transverse field David Carpentier, Pierre Pujol Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U9.00009: Memory and Quantum Erasure in a Disordered Ising Magnet C. Ancona-Torres, T.F. Rosenbaum, G. Aeppli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U9.00010: Magnetic and chemical superstructures in Gd2PdSi3 studied using synchrotron radiation A. Kreyssig, J.-W. Kim, L. Tan, D. Wermeille, A. I. Goldman, M. Frontzek, M. Loewenhaupt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U9.00011: Frustrated Ternary Insulating Mixed Magnetic Co/Mn/Fe Dichloride Dihydrate G.C. DeFotis, C.D. Wallo, R.L. Smith, D.B. Bodkin, G.L. Miribalio, T.R. Leftwich, M.G. Kim, Z.D. Reed Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U9.00012: Mixed magnetic behavior in Ce doped perovskites Eugenio E. Vogel, Jaime Cartes, Patricio Vargas, Gabriela Alejandro, Laura Steren Preview Abstract
		U9.00013: Absence of an Almeida-Thouless line in Ising spin glasses Helmut G. Katzgraber, A. Peter Young Preview Abstract

Session U10: Focus Session: Spin Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Igor Zutic, Naval Research Lab
Room: LACC 153B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U10.00001: Spin current injection by intersubband transitions in quantum wells. Eugene Sherman, Ali Najmaie, John E. Sipe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U10.00002: Electrical generation of spin in crystals with reduced symmetry Dimitrie Culcer, Yu Gui Yao, Allan MacDonald, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U10.00003: Spin-Hall effect and related spin-charge transport in one and two- dimensional mesoscopic systems Ewelina Hankiewicz, Markus K\"onig, Laurens Molenkamp, Tomas Jungwirth, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U10.00004: Electrical Spin Generation and Transport in Spin-Orbit Coupled Systems Invited Speaker: Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U10.00005: Nonvanishing spin Hall Effect in a square-lattice system Shuichi Murakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U10.00006: Effect of electron correlations on the Spin-Hall conductivity in a 2D Rashba electron system S Satpathy, H Meskine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U10.00007: Cancellation of intrinsic ``spin-Hall'' conductivity in absence of broken time-reversal symmetry Alexander Baytin, F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U10.00008: Resonant manipulation of spin current with a double-barrier structure C. S. Chu, L. Y. Wang, C. S. Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U10.00009: Spin-Hall Effect in Two-Diensional Spin-Orbit Coupled Systems with Disorder L. Sheng, D.N. Sheng, C.S. Ting Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U10.00010: Maxwell Equation for the Coupled Spin-Charge Wave Propagation B. Andrei Bernevig, Xiaowei Yu, Shou-cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U10.00011: Spin current corrleations induced by the Kondo effect Markus Kindermann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U10.00012: Topological Spin Current David Schmeltzer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U10.00013: Is The Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect Measurable? Zhaoyang Yang, Shufeng Zhang Preview Abstract

Session U12: Point Contact Tunnelling and Proximity Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina
Room: LACC 402A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U12.00001: Andreev Reflections at the Superconductor-Semiconductor Interface Soren Flexner, Paul Welander, Kevin Inderhees, Michael Vissers, James N. Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U12.00002: Investigation of the Superconductor-Ferromagnet Proximity Region Using the Usadel Equation Serge Reymond, Paul SanGiorgio, Tesu Kim, Jinho Kim, Kookrin Char, Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U12.00003: Quantum conduction through two narrow half-metallic leads with opposite spin coupled to a superconductor Qian Wang, Chia-Ren Hu, Chin-Sen Ting Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U12.00004: Point-Contact Spectroscopy Study of the Ferromagnetic Superconductor ZrZn$_2$ M.A. Tanatar*, C.S. Turel, J.Y.T. Wei, R.W. Hill, S.M. Hayden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U12.00005: Tunneling Spectroscopy of Superconductor/Ferromagnet Proximity Effect Bilayers Paul SanGiorgio, Serge Reymond, Tesu Kim, Jinho Kim, Kookrin Char, Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U12.00006: Thouless energy in Josephson junctions with the barrier composed of strongly correlated materials near the Mott transition A.N. Tahvildar-Zadeh, J.K. Freericks, B.K. Nikoli\'c Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U12.00007: LOFF superconductivity in the proximity region of d-wave superconductor/ferromagnet tunneling junctions Kwok-Wai Ng, Mario Freamat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U12.00008: Point contact tunneling spectroscopy of a Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 thin film Daniel Mazur, J. F. Zasadzinski, H. Claus, K. E. Gray, Y. C. Ma, S. L. Yan, N. L. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U12.00009: Point contact spectrscopy of electron-doped cuprates in a magnetic field of 32 tesla Yun Sung-Hee, Neesha Anderson, Tara Dhakal, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U12.00010: Evidence for nodeless gap in superconducting Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4-y: Lei Shan, Yan Huang, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai, Fang Zhou, Jiwu Xiong, Wenxin Ti, Hai-Hu Wen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U12.00011: Proximity effect in normal metal high-Tc superconductor contacts Tomas Lofwander Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U12.00012: Observation of the current-phase relation of a characterized superconducting atomic point contact Youiti Ootuka, Hisao Miyazaki, Akinobu Kanda, Yamaguchi Takahide Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U12.00013: Calculation of superconductor-normal metal point contact conductance with finite gap decay length Vladimir Lukic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U12.00014: Proximity Effect in Nb/Cu/CoFe Trilayers Kyungmoon Kim, Jinho Kim, Jun Hyung Kwon, Kookrin Char, Hyeonjin Doh, Han-Yong Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U12.00015: Andreev reflection at the normal-metal / heavy-fermion superconductor (HFS) interface: Point-contact spectroscopy (PCS) studies of CeCoIn5 L.H. Greene, W.K. Park, J.L. Sarrao, J.D. Thompson Preview Abstract
		U12.00016: Keldysh study of point-contact tunneling between superconductors C.J. Bolech, T. Giamarchi Preview Abstract

Session U13: Devices & Applications II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Ajul Koukar, University of Southern California
Room: LACC 402B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U13.00001: Measuring equipment for thermophysical properties of droplet electromagnetically-levitated under axial static magnetic field Fumitomo Onishi, Kosuke Nagashio, Yuko Inatomi, Kazuhiko Kuribayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U13.00002: Extraordinary Optoconductance in GaAs-In Hybrid Structures K.A. Wieland, Y. Wang, S.A. Solin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U13.00003: On Power dissipation in information processing Roman Ostroumov, Kang L Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U13.00004: Radiation-Induced Interface Traps in Silicon Bipolar Transistors Harold P. Hjalmarson, Charles E. Hembree, Ronald L. Pease Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U13.00005: Electronic Properties of Energetic Particle-Irradiated In-rich InGaN Alloys S.X. Li, R.E. Jones, E.E. Haller, K.M. Yu, J. Wu, W. Walukiewicz, J.W. Ager III, W. Shan, Hai Lu, William J. Schaff, W. Kemp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U13.00006: Energy Loss and Stopping Cross Section Factors for Alphas in Lead Iodide B. Magness, J. Kim, C. C. Coleman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U13.00007: Dislocation Pile-up/Grain Boundary Interactions Michael Dewald, William Curtin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U13.00008: Ideal Shear Strength of Silicon Under Hydrostatic Tension and Compression Ari Kay, D. C. Chrzan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U13.00009: Simulation of Current Filaments in Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches K. Kambour, Harold P. Hjalmarson, Charles W. Myles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U13.00010: A porous silicon diode as a source of low energy ($<$ 0.1 eV) free electrons and its applications Subrahmanyam Pilla, Brian Naberhuis, John Goodkind Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U13.00011: Atomic hydrogen cleaning on GaAs photocathodes Dah-An Luh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U13.00012: Towards SiC surface functionalization: an ab initio study Alessandra Catellani, Giancarlo Cicero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U13.00013: Integrability constraints for atomic-orbital integrals with applications to semi-empirical modeling of multi-element systems C. Leahy, A. Tchernatinsky, M. Yu, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
		U13.00014: Investigation of the Orbital Ordering Transition in La$_4$Ru$_2$O$_{10}$ using the Mossbauer Effect Michael De Marco, Ryan Heary, Dermot Coffey, Peter Khalifah, Brian Sales, David Mandrus, Steve Toorongian, Michael Haka Preview Abstract
		U13.00015: Optimising Magnetoresistance in InSb Will Branford, Anke Husmann, Stuart Solin, Steven Clowes, Tong Zhang, Yury Bugoslavsky, Lesley Cohen Preview Abstract

Session U14: Hydrogen Storage III: Modeling

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Frederick E. Pinderton, General Motors
Room: LACC 403B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U14.00001: Physical properties of Ti-doped sodium alanates: First-principles studies and experiments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U14.00002: Atomic and electronic structure of alkali borohydrides: An \textit {ab initio} study W. Gempel, N. Kioussis, D. Papaconstantopoulos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U14.00003: First principles study of absorption of Hydrogen into Pd(111) Sampyo Hong, Talat Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U14.00004: Hydrogens in Metal Clusters Shuhei Ohnishi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U14.00005: Ab initio investigation of LiNH$_{2}$, Li$_{2}$NH, and Mg(AlH$_{4}$)$_{2}$ complex hydrides Blanka Magyari-Kope, Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U14.00006: Lattice Dynamics and Thermodynamic Properties of Complex Hydride NaAlH$_4$ Amra Peles, M. Y. Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U14.00007: Predicted high storage of hydrogen via H2 complexes on titanium-decorated nanotubes Taner Yildirim, S. Ciraci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U14.00008: Confinement effects on chemical reactions in nanostructured carbon materials Aaron George, Milen Kostov, Erik Santiso, Keith Gubbins, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U14.00009: First principles study of ammonia decomposition on Ni and Pd surfaces Talat S. Rahman, Sergey Stolbov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U14.00010: LiNH$_2$--MgH$_2$ as a Potential Hydrogen Storage Material: a Density Functional Theory Study Ralph H. Scheicher, C. Moyses Araujo, Rajeev Ahuja Preview Abstract

Session U15: Focus Session: Synthesis and Doping of Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Tom Kennedy, NRL
Room: LACC 405

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U15.00001: X-ray Analysis of Erbium Doping in Group IV Nanocrystalline Materials Robert Meulenberg, Tony van Buuren, Trevor Willey, Jonathan Lee, Louis Terminello Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U15.00002: Doping semiconductor nanocrystals: Theory S.C. Erwin, M.I. Haftel, Al.L. Efros, T.A. Kennedy, L. Zu, D.J. Norris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U15.00003: Doping semiconductor nanocrystals: Experiment David Norris, Lijun Zu, Thomas Kennedy, Steven Erwin, Michael Haftel, Alexander Efros Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U15.00004: Shape Manipulation of II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Heterostructures by Controlled Reactant Injection. Aaron Saunders, Felice Shieh, Brian Korgel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U15.00005: EPR Study of Manganese-Doped TiO2 Nanorods Tijana Rajh, Zoran Saponjic, Nada Dimitrijevic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U15.00006: Synthesis of One-dimensional GaN Nanostructures and Their Implications for Formation Mechanisms Hsi-Lien Hsiao, A.B. Yang, M.C. Lu, Y.L. Chueh, L.J. Chen, L.J. Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U15.00007: Synthesis and Electrical Transport Studies of Zn-doped Ga$_2$O$_3$ Nanowires Pai-chun Chang, Z. Fan, W. Tseng, D. Wang, A. Rajagopal, Jia G. Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U15.00008: Synthesis and structural analysis of $\gamma $--Fe2O3/CdS nanocrystal heterodimers Kwan-Wook Kwon, Moonsub Shim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U15.00009: Fabrication and characterization of SnO2 nanobelt field effect transistors Yi Cheng, S. von Molnar, P. Xiong, Lenwood Fields, J.P. Zheng, R. Yang, Z.L. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U15.00010: Superparamagnetic Core-shell Silica- Polypeptide Composite Particles Paul Russo, Sibel Turksen, Erick Soto-Cantu, Jianhong Qiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U15.00011: Synthesis of monodisperse nanocrystals via green chemistry William Yu, Vicki Colvin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U15.00012: Formation and Properties of Self-Assembled Ni Nanodots and VLS Growth of GaN Nanowires D. Aurongzeb, G. Kipshidze, B. Yavich, A. Chandolu, J. Yun, V. Kuryatkov, I. Ahmad, H. Temkin, M. Holtz Preview Abstract

Session U16: Photonic Crystals II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: J. Albrecht, WP-AFB AFRL/SNDD
Room: LACC 404A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U16.00001: Wave Propagation in High Impedance Surfaces Michael Petras, Ramamurthy Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U16.00002: Design and Modeling of Periodically Loaded Transmission Line Metamaterial Structures Sushil Bharatan, Michael Petras, Chandra Ramiah, R. Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U16.00003: Control of complete bandgap in two-dimensional photonic crystals with open veins Tzong-Jer Yang, Weng-Long Liu, Ben-Yuan Gu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U16.00004: Electrical switching of light using liquid crystal-infilled 2D photonic crystals. Jorge Antonio Reyes Avenda\~no, Peter Halevi Sar, Juan Adrian Reyes Cervantes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U16.00005: Electro-Optical Control of Directional Switching Based on Degenerate Defect State Spliting in Photonic Crystal Natalia Malkova, Cun-Zheng Ning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U16.00006: Nonlinear Photonic Crystals as a Source of Entangled Photons William Irvine, Michiel de Dood, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U16.00007: Polymer-Based Hypersonic Phononic Crystals Taras Gorishnyy, Chaitanya Ullal, Martin Maldovan, Ji Hyun Jang, George Fytas, Edwin Thomas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U16.00008: X-ray Microscopy on Thin Metallic Photonic Crystals Vasilica Crecea, Christoph Rau, Xindi Yu, Paul Braun, Ian Robinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U16.00009: Enhancement of Magneto-Chiral Effect in Photonic Crystals Kei Sawada, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U16.00010: A new picture for gap solitons in nonlinear photonic crystals Xunya Jiang, J.D. Joannopoulos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U16.00011: Quantum Hall effect analogs in photonic crystals: ``chiral'' (unidirectional) edge modes as ``one-way waveguides'' S. Raghu, F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U16.00012: Tuning of the spontaneous emission in a one--dimensional photonic crystal Elizabeth Galindo, Adan S. Sanchez, Peter Halevi Preview Abstract
		U16.00013: Polariton-assisted coherent thermal emission by heterogeneous structures C.J. Fu, Z.M. Zhang, D.B. Tanner Preview Abstract
		U16.00014: The Role of the Absorption in the Stop Band Tuning of Opals and Inverse Opals Through Coating of Semiconductor Materials Jesus Manzanares-Martinez, Diego Soto-Puebla Preview Abstract

Session U17: Optical Response and Spin-Orbit Coupling in Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Tigran Shahbazyan, Jackson State University
Room: LACC 404B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U17.00001: Properties of polar optical phonons in wurtzite quantum dots Vladimir A. Fonoberov, Alexander A. Balandin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U17.00002: Hole-LO phonon interaction in InAs/GaAs quantum dots Vanessa Preisler, Sophie Hameau, Robson Ferreira, Louis-Anne de Vaulchier, Yves Guldner, Aristide Lema\^itre Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U17.00003: Aharonov-Bohm Beats in Excitonic Luminescence from Quantum Rings and Type-II Quantum Dots Luis Dias da Silva, Sergio Ulloa, Tigran Shahbazyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U17.00004: The Aharonov-Bohm effect in self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum rings V.M. Fomin, V.N. Gladilin, J.T. Devreese, P. Offermans, P.M. Koenraad, J.H. Wolter, D. Granados, J.M. Garc\'Ia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U17.00005: AC-Stark effect in a semiconductor self-assembled quantum lens Arezky H. Rodr\'iguez, L. Meza-Montes, C. Trallero-Giner, S.E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U17.00006: SHG from bulk and surface of nanoparticle composites W. Luis Mochan, Bernardo S. Mendoza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U17.00007: Measurement of the separation dependence of the resonant energy transfer between CdSe nanocrystals Farbod Shafiei, Ricardo S. Decca Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U17.00008: Relaxation dynamics of excitons in a bimodal distribution of CdSe/ZnSSe quantum dots Pradeep Bajracharya, Hans Peter Wagner, Tuan Nguyen, Sebastian Mackowski, Leigh M. Smith, U.W. Pohl , Dieter Bimberg , Martin Strassburg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U17.00009: Multi-Configuration Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock theory applied to quantum dots Carlos Destefani, Alexander Pegarkov, Chris McDonald, Thomas Brabec, Pawel Hawrylak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U17.00010: The universal Hamiltonian of chaotic quantum dots in the presence of spin-orbit interaction Y. Alhassid, Daniel Huertas-Hernando, T. Bebis, T. Rupp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U17.00011: g-tensor evaluation in self-assembled quantum dots F.G.G. Hernandez, T.P. Mayer Alegre, G. Medeiros-Ribeiro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U17.00012: Engineering the g-factor in coupled quantum dots L. Meza-Montes, C. Destefani, Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U17.00013: Tuning the g-factor in self assemble quantum dots T. P. Mayer Alegre, F. G. G. Hernandez, G. Medeiros-Ribeiro Preview Abstract
		U17.00014: Interband magneto-optical transitions between bound and delocalized states in quantum dots Vanessa Preisler, Francisco Teran, Louis-Anne de Vaulchier, Robson Ferreira, Yves Guldner, Aristide Lemaitre Preview Abstract

Session U18: Focus Session: Wide Band Gap Semiconductors V

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Andrei Sirenko, NJIT
Room: LACC 406A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U18.00001: Temperature dependence of the A, B, and C excitons in ZnO over 5-400 K: A modulated reflectivity study. S. Tsoi, M. Cardona, R. Lauck, H. Alawadhi, X. Lu, M. Grimsditch, A. K. Ramdas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U18.00002: Nature of Room-temperature Photoluminescence in ZnO W. Shan, W. Walukiewicz, J.W. Ager III, K.M. Yu, H.B. Yuan, H.P. Xin, G. Cantwell, J.J. Song Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U18.00003: Electronic Structure of BGaP Alloys Erik Alldredge, Kwiseon Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U18.00004: Quantum-well depth of cubic “single stacking fault” inclusions in 4H-SiC p-i-n diodes determined by Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy K.-B. Park, J. P. Pelz, M. Skowronski, J. Grim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U18.00005: Polarization Properties of III-Nitride Blue and UV Light-Emitting Diodes Kevin Knabe, Jagat Shakya, Kyoung Kim, Zhaoyang Fan, Jingyu Lin, Hongxing Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U18.00006: Thermal Studies of Operating AlGaN/GaN/SiC Based High Electron Mobility Transistors Todd Holden, ZhiXun Ma, R. Sandhu, B. Heying, I. Smorchkova, M. Wojtowicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U18.00007: Growth and Fabrication of III-Nitride Deep Ultraviolet Emitters T.M. Al Tahtamouni, M.L. Nakarmi, M. Khizar, Z.Y. Fan, J.Y. Lin, H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U18.00008: Nitride Deep Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes with Microlens Array Khizar Muhammad, Zhaoyang Fan, Kyoung Hoon Kim, Jingyu Lin, Hongxing Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U18.00009: Direct Measurement of Curvature Dependent Ion Etching of GaN Bentau Cui, Philip Cohen, Amir Dabiran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U18.00010: Spectroscopy and Modeling of Carrier Dynamics in Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$N Alloys with Compositional Inhomogeneity H. Shen, C.J. Collins, A.V. Sampath, G.A. Garrett, W.L. Sarney, M. Wraback Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U18.00011: Deep UV time resolved optical studies of excitonic transitions in AlN epilayers N. Nepal, M.L. Nakarmi, K.B. Nam, J.Y. Lin, H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U18.00012: Resonant shake-up satellites in photoemission at the Ga 3p photothreshold in GaN L. Plucinski, T. Learmonth, L. Colakerol, S. Bernardis, Y. Zhang, P.-A. Glans, K.E. Smith, A.A. Zakharov, R. Nyholm, I. Grzegory, T. Suski, S. Porowski, I. Friel, T. Moustakas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U18.00013: Resonance Raman Scattering in InGaN J.W. Ager III, W. Walukiewicz, W. Shan, K.M. Yu, S.X. Li, E.E. Haller, H. Lu, W.J. Schaff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U18.00014: Molten Salt Based Growth of GaN for Native Substrates Karen Waldrip, T. Kerley, A. West, F. Delnick, J. Tsao, D. Ingersoll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U18.00015: Electronic Structure Studies of Silicon Carbide Cationic Nanoclusters Prachi Pradhan, Asok K. Ray Preview Abstract
		U18.00016: Electronic Structure Studies of Silicon Carbide Anionic Nanoclusters Prachi Pradhan, Asok K. Ray Preview Abstract

Session U19: Fractional QHE/Composite Fermions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Kun Yang, Florida State University
Room: LACC 406B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U19.00001: Korringa-Like Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation in a 2DES at $\nu = 1/2$ L.A. Tracy, I.B. Spielman, J.P. Eisenstein, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U19.00002: Evidence of Composite Fermion interactions in the Fermi sea at $\nu\rightarrow 1/2$ Irene Dujovne, A. Pinczuk, B. S. Dennis, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U19.00003: Fermi Liquid Behavior and the Ground State at Half-Filled Landau Levels E.H. Rezayi, Mike Gaston, F.D.M. Haldane, Xin Wan, Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U19.00004: Resonant Enhancement of Inelastic Light Scattering in the Fractional Quantum Hall Regime at $\nu=1/3$ C.F. Hirjibehedin, Irene Dujovne, I. Bar-Joseph, A. Pinczuk, B.S. Dennis, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U19.00005: Insulating phases in the limit of strong Landau level mixing Gabor Csathy, Daniel C. Tsui, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U19.00006: Observation of fractional statistics V.J. Goldman, F.E. Camino, W. Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U19.00007: Spin excitations at $\nu >1/3$: a probe of composite fermions interactions Yann Gallais, Thomas Kirschenmann, Irene Dujovne, Cyrus Hirjibehedin, Brian Dennis, Aron Pinczuk, Ken West, Loren Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U19.00008: Generalized Clustered Quantum Hall States Steven H. Simon, Nigel R. Cooper, Ed Rezayi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U19.00009: Off-diagonal long-range order in the fractional quantum Hall effect G.S. Jeon, M.R. Peterson, J.K. Jain Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U19.00010: Re-emergence of the electron in a fractional quantum Hall fluid Michael R. Peterson, Jainendra K. Jain Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U19.00011: Collapse of Composite Fermion Spin-Flip Roton at Filling Factor Below $\nu=2/5$ Thomas Kirschenmann, Yann Gallais, Irene Dujovne, Cyrus Hirjibehedin, Brian Dennis, Aron Pinczuk, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U19.00012: Measuring Fractional Charge and Statistics in fractional quantum Hall Jain States Eun-Ah Kim, Smitha Vishveshwara, Michael Lawler, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U19.00013: Coulomb Correlations in Landau Levels: Novel Squeezed States and Optical Transitions Alexander Todd, Lionel Cuggia, Alexander Dzyubenko Preview Abstract

Session U20: High-K Dielectrics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Rodney McKee, ORNL
Room: LACC 407

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U20.00001: Theory of structural and dielectric properties of amorphous high-K dielectrics David Vanderbilt, Davide Ceresoli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U20.00002: Dielectric properties of high-k oxides: Theory and experiment for Lu2O3 Emiliano Bonera, Giovanna Scarel, Marco Fanciulli, Pietro Delugas, Vincenzo Fiorentini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U20.00003: Novel Chalcogenide Buffer Layer for Oxide Heteroepitaxy on Si(001) D. Schmidt, T. Ohta, Q. Yu, F. S. Ohuchi, M. A. Olmstead Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U20.00004: THz Optical Response from Coupled Ferroelectric/LO Phonon Mode in BaTiO3/Si(100) Muneaki Hase, Masahiro Kitajima, Venu Vaithyanathan, Darrell G. Schlom, Jeremy Levy, Hrvoje Petek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U20.00005: Valence band offsets and interface structure of HfxSi1-xO2 films on Si(111) from photoemission spectroscopy John Rowe, Les Fleming, Gerry Lucovsky, Marc Ulrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U20.00006: Infrared absorption spectra at interfaces from first principles: Origin of LO and TO red shifts in ultrathin oxide films on silicon Feliciano Giustino, Alfredo Pasquarello Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U20.00007: Thickness measurement of interfacial layer between HfO$_2$ film and Si substrate by Fourier analysis of x-ray reflectivity Y. J. Park, J.-S. Lee, B. H. Seung, S. Ji, K.-B. Lee, H. S. Hwang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U20.00008: Thin single crystal Sc2O3 Films on Si (111) with very sharp interface M. Hong, H. Y. Lee, A. R. Kortan, J. Kwo, P. Chang, Y. L. Huang, C. P. Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U20.00009: Electronic properties and band alignments of Hf-based gate dielectrics on silicon R. Puthenkovilakam, J. Choi, J.P. Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U20.00010: High-K MISFET channel mobility from magnetoresistance R.T. Bate, W.W. Chance, P. Kumar, W.P. Kirk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U20.00011: First-principles investigation of oxygen diffusion in compressively strained high-density silicon oxide T. Akiyama, H. Kageshima, M. Uematsu, T. Ito Preview Abstract
		U20.00012: Size effect in self-trapped exciton photoluminescence from SiO2-based nanoscale materials Yuri Glinka Preview Abstract
		U20.00013: Dielectric function of annealed sub-stoichiometric silicon oxide layers Emanuele Rimini, Corrado Spinella, Corrado Bongiorno, Giuseppe Nicotra Preview Abstract

Session U21: Biomedical Physics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Herbert Levine, University of California, San Diego
Room: LACC 409A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U21.00001: Optimizing coherence domain imaging system for biomedical imaging Ping Yu, David Nolte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U21.00002: Medical Image Provessing using Transient Fourier Holography in Bacteriorhodopsin Films Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Pengfei Wu, Chandra Yelleswarapu, Rao Devulapalli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U21.00003: Ultra-High Speed Observations of the Mechanism of Sonoporation Paul Campbell, Paul Prentice Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U21.00004: GOLD AND IRON-GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR INTRACELLULAR TRACKING AND IN VIVO MEDICAL APPLICATONS Wei Fu, Gurinder Saini, Dinesh Shenoy, Dattatri Nagesha, Mansoor Amiji, Srinivas Sridhar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U21.00005: Viscoelastic and ultrasonic measurements of canine tissue Miklos Kiss, Tomy Varghese Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U21.00006: Loading of Cervical Spine when Head is Rotated Saami J. Shaibani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U21.00007: In-Situ Atomic Force Microscopy of Bone Fracture Surfaces Reveals Collagen Fibrils Individually Coated with Mineral Particles of Varying Shape and Size Johannes H. Kindt, Georg E. Fantner, Philipp Thurner, Georg Schitter, Paul K. Hansma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U21.00008: High-Speed Photography during Compression Testing Human Trabecular Bone Philipp Thurner, John Langan, Jeff Scott, Maria Zhao, Blake Erickson, Zachary Schriock, Georg Fantner, Paul Hansma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U21.00009: Investigations on the Feedback Loop that controls Bone Remodeling Markus A. Hartmann, Richard Weinkamer, Peter Fratzl, Yves Brechet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U21.00010: Effect of Polymer Matrix on the Electrophoretic Mobility of Linear and Branched DNA in Polymer Solutions Sourav Saha, Daniel Heuer, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U21.00011: Interactions between the HIV TAT domain and cell membranes Abhijit Mishra, Hongjun Liang, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U21.00012: Transfection efficiency and structural studies on nonviral gene carriers containing cholesterol and other sterols Heather Evans, Alexandra Zidovska, Kai Ewert, C. R. Safinya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U21.00013: Energy Partitioning in FEL Tissue Ablation Shane Hutson, Gilma Adunas-Rivas, Yaowu Xiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U21.00014: Charged binary fluid confined to cylindrical monolayer: Pattern formation Yury Velichko, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U21.00015: Today's ``safe" radiofrequency (RF) exposure limits DON'T protect human health near transmitters! Marjorie Lundquist Preview Abstract
		U21.00016: Mechanical Asphyxiation in Proximity with Ceramic Surface Saami J. Shaibani Preview Abstract
		U21.00017: Monitoring stiffness contrast in elastography Miklos Kiss, Shyam Bharat, Tomy Varghese, Udomchai Techavipoo, Wu Liu Preview Abstract

Session U22: Transport and Kinetics in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Uwe Tauber, Virginia Tech
Room: LACC 409B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U22.00001: Asymmetric exclusion process models for translation and biological transport Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U22.00002: Diffusion and binding of finite-size particles through tubes Mark Henle, Ajay Gopinathan, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U22.00003: Nucleation and Transport in a Low-Dimensional Driven System Ivan Georgiev, Beate Schmittmann, Royce Zia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U22.00004: Exact Solution for a class of Mass Transport Models, Condensation Transitions, and the Nature of the Condensate M.R. Evans, S.N. Majumda, R.K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U22.00005: Will jams get worse when slow cars move over? B. Schmittmann, J. Krometis, R.K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U22.00006: Subcellular protein localization in {\it E. coli}: diffusion and membrane attachment of MinD molecules Rahul Kulkarni, Kerwyn Huang, Morten Kloster, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U22.00007: Molecular trafficking in tissue engineered cartilage constructs Enrica De Rosa, Cristina Borselli, Paolo Antonio Netti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U22.00008: Minimal Model for Noise-Driven Locomotion Madan Rao, Sriram Ramaswamy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U22.00009: Queueing and Cooperativity in Ligand-Receptor Binding Maria D'Orsogna, Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U22.00010: A model of the kinetic cycle of single cytoplasmic Manoranjan P. Singh, Roop Mallik, Steven P. Gross, Clare Yu Preview Abstract
		U22.00011: Probing convection and diffusion in macromolecular gels Enrica De Rosa, Paolo Antonio Netti Preview Abstract
		U22.00012: Dynamics of rigid and flexible extended bodies in viscous films and membranes Alex J. Levine, T.B. Liverpool, Fred C. MacKintosh Preview Abstract

Session U23: Statistical Physics and Disordered Nonlinear Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: William Klein, Boston U
Room: LACC 410

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U23.00001: Bethe Ansatz for the 1D Hubbard model: from the finite lattice to the thermodynamic limit Pedro Goldbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U23.00002: The Chemical Potential Thomas Kaplan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U23.00003: The thermodynamics of reversible thermoelectric nanomaterials Tammy Humphrey, Heiner Linke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U23.00004: Single Particle Jumps in a Glass: Statistics and History Dependence Katharina Vollmayr-Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U23.00005: Step Strains in a Disordered Foam Michael Twardos, Michael Dennin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U23.00006: Diffusion in a Rough Energy Landscape Ulrich Zurcher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U23.00007: Dielectric Susceptibility Studies of the Glass Transition of Glycerol at High Pressure Kyaw Win, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U23.00008: Glassy Behavior of Interface States in Al-AlOx-Al Tunnel Junctions Jeremy Nesbitt, Arthur Hebard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U23.00009: Nanoscopic studies of ferroelectric domain walls in epitaxial perovskite thin films Patrycja Paruch, Thierry Giamarchi, Thomas Tybell, Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U23.00010: The stochastic dynamics of micron and submicron scale mechanical oscillators Mark Paul, Matthew Clark Preview Abstract
		U23.00011: Heterogeneous slow dynamics in a two dimensional doped classical antiferromagnet Malcolm Kennett, Claudio Chamon, Leticia Cugliandolo Preview Abstract

Session U25: Nanowires II: Metals and Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Lab
Room: LACC 501A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U25.00001: {\it Ab initio} molecular dynamics study of pure and contaminated gold nanowires Edwin Hobi, Jr., Ant\^onio J. R. da Silva, Frederico D. Novaes, A. Fazzio, E. Z. da Silva Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U25.00002: Martensitic phase transitions in metallic nanowires Michael Haftel, Kenneth Gall, Jiankuai Diao, Noam Bernstein, Michael Mehl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U25.00003: The comparison of metal coating growth on nanofibers with metal film growth on flat surfaces Alper Buldum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U25.00004: Structural and Electronic Properties of Mo$_{6}$S$_x$I$_{9-x}$ Nanowires. Teng Yang, Jiping Li, Savas Berber, David Tomanek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U25.00005: Non-linear current-voltages character of Au quantum point contact Makoto Yoshida, Yoshifumi Osima, Kunio Takayanagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U25.00006: First-principles simulation of the field emission from noble metal nanowires Choong-Ki Lee, Jisoon Ihm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U25.00007: Free-Standing Vertical Gold Nanowires from Template Synthesis Woo-Joong Kim, Stephen Carr, Martin Wybourne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U25.00008: Time-resolved x-ray excited optical luminescence studies of II-VI semiconductor nanowires R.A. Rosenberg, G.K. Shenoy, S.-T. Lee, P.-S. G. Kim, X.-T, Zhou, T.K. Sham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U25.00009: Synthesis, transport studies and applications of In2O3 nanowires Daihua Zhang, Chao Li, Bo Lei, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U25.00010: Structure of Nanocrystals by the Atomic Pair Distribution Function Technique Valeri Petkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U25.00011: Gallium oxide nanostructures Romaneh Jalilian, Gamini Sumanasekera Preview Abstract
		U25.00012: A Generic Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide Core-Shell Nanowires Song Han, Chao Li, Zuqin Liu, Bo Lei, Daihua Zhang, Wu Jin, Xiaolei Liu, Tao Tang, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
		U25.00013: Formation of super arrays of periodic nanoparticles and aligned ZnO nanorods - simulation and experiments Jakub Rybczynski, Debasish Banerjee, Adam Kosiorek, Michael Giersig, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract

Session U26: Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Materials: Theory and Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: David Drabold, Ohio University
Room: LACC 501B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U26.00001: Theory of hydrogen related meta-stability in disordered silicon Blair Tuttle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U26.00002: Nucleation and growth simulation of Si nanocrystals in Si-rich oxide Mihail Petkov, L. Douglas Bell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U26.00003: Studies of Thermally Annealed Graphitic Amorphous Carbon Resulting in a Decrease of Quasi-Stone-Wales Defects and Increase in Bandgap J.R. Dennison, T.E. Doyle, Jodie Corbridge, Sterling Smith, Neal Nickles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U26.00004: Magnetic Rare Earth (Gd) Doped Amorphous Carbon Li Zeng, Erik Helgren, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U26.00005: Probing the Intermediate Range Order in Novel Rare Earth Phosphate Glasses Using Neutron Diffraction Mustafa Rajabali, Kanishka Marasinghe, Richard Brow, Nathaniel Wyckoff, Chris Benmore, Joan Siewenie, Qiang Mei, Robert Hart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U26.00006: Velocity of sound and elastic properties of lanthanum gallo-germanate glasses Luu-Gen Hwa, Way C. Chao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U26.00007: Crystallization Behavior of Chemically Prepared Nanoparticles of Amorphous Fe-B* Erik Pearson, Adrian Gorea, Thomas Ekiert, Karl Unruh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U26.00008: {\textit In situ} Raman Scattering Studies of High-Pressure Stability and Transformations in the Matrix of a Nanostructured Glass-Ceramic Composite Kristina Lipinska-Kalita, Stephen Gramsch, Patricia Kalita, Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U26.00009: Absence of Dipole Glass Transition for Randomly Dilute Classical Ising Dipoles Clare Yu, Joseph Snider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U26.00010: Discontinuous molecular dynamics study of the diffusion of fluids in dynamic random media Kamakshi Jagannathan, Arun Yethiraj Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U26.00011: Glass Relaxation and the Dielectric Constant Of Moist, Porous Rock Arthur H Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U26.00012: Terrace Selection at an Icosahedral Quasicrystal Surface Baris Unal, Cynthia Jenks, Thomas A. Lograsso, Amy Ross, Patricia A. Thiel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U26.00013: Structure and Phase Separation in Ultrathin Ag/Cu Amorphous Alloy System Hao Chen, Jim Zuo Preview Abstract
		U26.00014: Amorphization of Aluminum Nanoparticles Sindee Simon, Juan Sun Preview Abstract

Session U27: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Growth

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vera Sazanova, Cornell University
Room: LACC 501C

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U27.00001: Critical silicon dioxide thickness for CVD growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes J. M. Simmons, Matthew S. Marcus, O. M. Castellini, R. J. Hamers, M. A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U27.00002: Evolution of the Catalyst Nanoparticles during CVD Growth of Carbon Single-Walled Nanotubes Elena Mora, Arthur Epstein, Toshio Tokune, Avetik Harutyunyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U27.00003: Growth of vertically aligned multiwall and uniform carbon nanotubes on self-assembled ferromagnetic Fe and Co nanowires L. Mophaddes-Ardabili, S.Y. Yang, J.H. Han, J.B. Yoo, R. Ramesh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U27.00004: Comparison of Efficiencies of Binary and Ternary Composite Catalysts in Arc-Discharge Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Mikhail E. Itkis, Daniel E. Perea, Brett Hamilton, Robert C. Haddon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U27.00005: Growth of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes from Iron Oxide Catalyst Rama Balasubramanian, Paola Barbara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U27.00006: Current-Controlled Nanotube Growth and Zone-Refinement K. Jensen, W. Mickelson, W. Han, A. Zettl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U27.00007: Highly nitrogen and boron doped nanotubes: a route to synthesis and study of their properties by spatially resolved EELS Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U27.00008: Growth Kinetics of Water-Assisted Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Synthesis-``Super-Growth'' Don N. Futaba, Kenji Hata, Kohei Mizuno, Takeo Yamada, Motoo Yumura, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U27.00009: Water-Assisted Highly Efficient Synthesis of Impurity-Free Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-``Super-Growth'' Kenji Hata, Don N. Futaba, Kohei Mizuno, Tatsunori Namai, Motoo Yumura, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U27.00010: Atomic Step-Templated Formation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Patterns Ernesto Joselevich, Ariel Ismach, Lior Segev, Ellen Wachtel, Ado Jorio, Hyungbin Son, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U27.00011: Ultra-thin films of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Andrew G. Rinzler, Jennifer Sippel-Oakley, Zhuangchun Wu, Pamela Dickrell, Mark Sheplak, W. Gregory Sawyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U27.00012: Thermal Conversion of Bundled Carbon Nanotubes into Graphitic Ribbons H.R. Guti\'errez, U.J. Kim, V.H. Crespi, P.C. Eklund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U27.00013: Rings of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Characterization and Properties of a Novel Magnetic Material Benjamin Wunsch, Lisa Vaccari, Maurizio Prato, Francesco Stellacci Preview Abstract
		U27.00014: Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films: Single- versus Multi-walled Sanju Gupta, YunYu Wang, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract

Session U29: Organic Light Emitting Diodes

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: Eric Lin, NIST
Room: LACC 504

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U29.00001: High Efficiency Organic Light-Emitting Devices Having Charge Generation Layers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U29.00002: White polymer LED and its integration with polymer transistor Hsin-Fei Meng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U29.00003: High Performance White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Samson Jenekhe, Maksudul Alam, Lloyd Rhoads Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U29.00004: Highly Efficient Blue Electroluminescence from n-Type Conjugated Oligoquinolines Abhishek Kulkarni, Angela Gifford, Christopher Tonzola, Samson Jenekhe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U29.00005: Electroluminescent devices from ionic transition metal complexes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U29.00006: A Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study of One-and Two-Photon Absorption: Stilbene- and Fluorene-Based Donor-Acceptor Chromophores Ruth Pachter, Paul Day, Kiet Nguyen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U29.00007: Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) Studies Critical to the Determination of the Yield of Singlet Excitons in Fluorescence-Based OLEDs Joseph Shinar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U29.00008: Quenching of Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence in OLEDs by Exciton-Charge and Exciton-Dopant Interactions Christopher Williams, William Sampson, Sergey Lee, John Ferraris, Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U29.00009: Chain Conformations and Photoluminescence in Poly(di-$n$-octylfluorene) Michael Winokur, Withoon Chunwachirasiri, Boy Tanto, David Huber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U29.00010: Enhanced triplet formation in polyfluorene blends Thomas Ford, Neil Greenham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U29.00011: Aggregation can enhance the O/PLED efficiency Zhigang Shuai Preview Abstract
		U29.00012: Field-induced switch from heterojunction to bulk charge recombination in bilayer light-emitting diodes Carlos Silva, Arne Morteani, Richard Friend Preview Abstract
		U29.00013: Physics of Electroluminescent Devices Based on Ionic Transition Metal Complexes George Malliaras, Jason Slinker Preview Abstract

Session U30: Polymer Thin Films: General

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Azar Alizadeh, GE
Room: LACC 505

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U30.00001: Rheological Response of Ultrathin Polymer Films Gregory McKenna, Paul O'Connell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U30.00002: Direct measurement of the counterion distribution within swollen polyelectrolyte films Vivek Prabhu, Bryan Vogt, Wen-li Wu, Jack Douglas, Eric Lin, Sushil Satija, Dario Goldfarb, Hiroshi Ito Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U30.00003: Crumpling and uncrumpling of thin polymer films Megan Juszkiewicz, Narayanan Menon, Yao Lin, T.P. Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U30.00004: Grain Structure in Block Copolymer Thin Films Studied by Guided Wave Depolarized Light Scattering Jeffrey Wilbur, Amish Patel, David Durkee, Rachel Segalman, Nitash Balsara, Bruce Garetz, Maurice Newstein, Alexander Liddle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U30.00005: Swelling and surface modification of ultrathin chitosan films Chris Murray, Oleg Stukalov, Amy Jacina, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U30.00006: Surface Tension Driven Laser Lithography of Thin Polymer Films John M. Hudson, Michael V. Massa, Kari Dalnoki-Veress, John S. Preston, An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U30.00007: Photoinduced Trans-Cis Isomerization of Azobenzene Probes Tagged to Polystyrene in Thin and Ultrathin Films Yohei Tateishi, Keiji Tanaka, Toshihiko Nagamura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U30.00008: Single chain structure in thin polymer films: corrections to Flory's and Silverberg's hypotheses A. Cavallo, M. M\"uller, J.P. Wittmer, K. Binder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U30.00009: Photoemission studies of the photo-degraded polyethylene and polystyrene ultrathin films Orhan Kizilkaya, Masaki Ono, Eizi Morikawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U30.00010: Crystalline polymer thin films characterized with NEXAFS dichroism microscopy H. Ade, T. Araki, Y. Zou, Y. Wang, M. Rafailovich, J. Sokolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U30.00011: Dynamics of Thin Film Mixtures from Incoherent Neutron Scattering Brian Besancon, Christopher Soles, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U30.00012: Diffuse X-ray Scattering from Polystyrene Films Xuesong Jiao, Jarrett Stark, Laurence Lurio, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Zhang Jiang, Sinha Sunil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U30.00013: Qualitative Discrepancy Between Motion on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer Films Zahra Fakhraai, Girjesh Dubey, James A. Forrest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U30.00014: In-Situ Hot Stage Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Poly(E-Caprolactone) Crystal Growth in Ultrathin Films Robert E. Prud'homme, Vincent H. Mareau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U30.00015: Polymer Crystallization in Ultrathin Films Alan Esker, Suolong Ni, Bingbing Li, Melinda Ferguson-McPherson, John Morris Preview Abstract

Session U31: Polymers and Filaments for the Cytoskeleton

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBP
Chair: David Morse, U Minnesota
Room: LACC 503

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U31.00001: The response to point forces in cytoskeletal networks Alex J. Levine, Davd Head, Fred C. MacKintosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U31.00002: Mechanical Response Study of Collagen by means of Molecular Simulation Pieter J. in 't Veld, Mark J. Stevens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U31.00003: Forced unfolding of protein domains determines cytoskeletal rheology John Crocker, Brenton Hoffman, Gladys Massiera Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U31.00004: Structure and Interactions in Neurofilament Networks Jayna Jones, M. Ojeda-Lopez, C.R. Safinya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U31.00005: Electrostatic self-assembly between biological polymers \& macroions: Interactions of F-actin \& DNA with lysozyme Lori K. Sanders, Thomas E. Angelini, Wujing Xian, Brian W. Matthews, Gerard C.L. Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U31.00006: Phase Behavior of F-actin Glenna Z. Sowa, David S. Cannell, Andrea J. Liu, Emil Reisler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U31.00007: Phase behavior of semidilute polyelectrolyte mixtures of F-actin and DNA Scott Slimmer, John C. Butler, Olena V. Zribi, Ramin Golastanian, Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U31.00008: Fluorescent Speckle Microrheology of F-actin Networks Margaret Gardel, Dinah Loerke, Gaudenz Danuser, Clare Waterman-Storer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U31.00009: Entanglement of Semiflexiible Polymers: A Brownian Dynamics Study Shriram Ramanathan, David Morse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U31.00010: Polyelectrolyte Bundles: Finite size at thermodynamic equilibrium? Mehmet Sayar, Hans J. Limbach, Christian Holm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U31.00011: Growth of Attached Actin Filaments Jie Zhu, A. E. Carlsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U31.00012: Structure and stability of self-assembled actin-lysozyme complexes studied via computer simulation Camilo Guaqueta, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U31.00013: Hierarchical Self Assembly of Actin Bundle Networks Linda Hirst, Cyrus Safinya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U31.00014: Elastic actin comet tails: shape, stresses and propulsion Ajay Gopinathan, Andrea Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U31.00015: The orientational order parameter of nematic liquid crystalline phase of F-actin Jorge Viamontes, Jay X. Tang Preview Abstract
		U31.00016: Actin Filamin networks and stress criticality Brian DiDonna, Alex Levine, John Crocker, Brenton Hoffman Preview Abstract
		U31.00017: Order-Order Transition of Size-mismatched Ions on F-actin Polyelectrolytes Robert Coridan, Lori K. Sanders, Wujing Xian, Brian W. Matthews, Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
		U31.00018: Fingers and Comet Tails--Motility and Morphology in growing actin gels Ariel Balter, Allan Bower, Jay Tang Preview Abstract

Session U32: Density Functional Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos, NRL
Room: LACC 507

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U32.00001: Distorted plane waves - new basis set for the interstitial region Fredrik Bultmark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U32.00002: Time-dependent Kohn-Sham theory with memory Harshani O. Wijewardane, Carsten A. Ullrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U32.00003: Test of a nonempirical density functional for short-range van der Waals interaction in rare-gas dimers Jianmin Tao, John Perdew Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U32.00004: Analytical Solutions for States of the 3D Hooke's Atom in an External B Field Samuel Trickey, Wuming Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U32.00005: Exact Current DFT Study of Hooke's Atom in Magnetic Fields Wuming Zhu, Samuel Trickey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U32.00006: Exact-exchange density-functional calculations for large gap materials: A major step forward? Rudolph Magyar, Andrzej Fleszar, Eberhard Gross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U32.00007: Relaxation and dissipation in time-dependent current-density functional theory Roberto D'Agosta, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U32.00008: Correlation Effects in Screened-Exchange Density Functional Theory Byounghak Lee, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U32.00009: Building improved functionals for self-consistent DFT by better treatment of electronic surface regions Rickard Armiento, Ann E. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U32.00010: A functional designed to include surface effects into self-consistent density-functional theory calculations. A.E. Mattsson, R. Armiento Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U32.00011: Empirical Laplacian-based model of the exchange-correlation energy density and potential in Si A.C. Cancio, M.Y. Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U32.00012: Magnesium Alloy Precipitate Formation Using Mixed Basis Cluster Expansions Robert Leone, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U32.00013: Self-Consistent Radiative Scattering in Time Dependent Density Functional Theory Ryan Hatcher, Alan Tackett, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U32.00014: Many-body perturbation theory using the density-functional concept: beyond the GW approximation Fabien Bruneval, Francesco Sottile, Valerio Olevano, Rodolfo Del Sole, Lucia Reining Preview Abstract
		U32.00015: A new approach to the treatment of uniform electric fields Roberto D'Agosta, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract

Session U33: Cold Fusion

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Scott Chubb, Naval Research Lab
Room: LACC 511C

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U33.00001: Experimental Evidence for LENR in a Polarized Pd/D Lattice S. Szpak, P.A. Mosier-Boss, Frank Gordon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U33.00002: On Complex Nuclei Energetics in LENR George H. Miley, Andrei Lipson, Nie Luo, Heinz Hora Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U33.00003: Search for radiation signals from electrolytic cells Dennis J. Cravens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U33.00004: Reproducibility of Excess of Power and Evidence of $^4$He in Palladium Foils Loaded with Deuterium M.M. Apicella, G. Mazzitelli, F. Sarto, E. Santoro, V. Violante, H. Branover , A. El Boher, S. Lesin, T. Zilov, I. Dardik, E. Castagna, C. Sibilia, M. McKubre, F. Tanzella Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U33.00005: Kinetics and Lumped Parameter Model of Tardive Excess Thermal Power Mitchell Swartz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U33.00006: Models for Anomalies in Metal Deuterides Peter L. Hagelstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U33.00007: Bloch-Sensitive Nuclides Talbot A. Chubb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U33.00008: Experiment and Theory for Nuclear Reactions in Nano-Materials Show e14 - e16 Solid-State Fusion Reactions Russ George Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U33.00009: Simultaneous Excess Power And Anomalous Radiation Melvin H. Miles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U33.00010: Low Mass 1.6 MHz Sonofusion Device Roger S. Stringham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U33.00011: Cold Fusion, A Journalistic Investigation Steven B. Krivit Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U33.00012: Why You Should Believe Cold Fusion is Real Edmund K. Storms Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U33.00013: Framework for Understanding LENR Processes, Using Ordinary Condensed Matter Physics Scott Chubb Preview Abstract
		U33.00014: Morphology of fission gas bubbles in fissioning uranium metal closely Russ George Preview Abstract

Session U36: Quantum Optics, Quantum Control, and Ultrafast Processes

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Bernado Mendoza, CIO, Mexico
Room: LACC 510

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U36.00001: Towards the coupling of microsphere resonators and self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots. Pablo Bianucci, John Robertson, Andreas Muller, Luis Prill Sempere, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U36.00002: Hoping to get something out of nothing: Searching for hypothetical forces in the Casimir regime Ricardo S. Decca Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U36.00003: Two-dimensional `photon fluid': Effective photon-photon interaction and physical realizations Susanne Viefers, Jon Magne Leinaas, Thors Hans Hansson, Raymond Chiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U36.00004: Path Entangled Photons from Parametric Down-Conversion Hagai Eisenberg, Juan Hodelin, George Khoury, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U36.00005: Predicting superluminality using Einstein causality David Roundy, Elefterios Lidorikis, Mihai Ibanescu, John D. Joannopoulos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U36.00006: Slow Light Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency from Spin Coherence in [110] Strained Quantum Wells Shu-Wei Chang, Shun-Lien Chuang, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Hailin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U36.00007: Optical High Harmonic Generation in $\rm \bf C_{60}$ Guoping Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U36.00008: Controlling vibrational excitations in $\rm \bf C_{60}$ by laser pulse durations Guoping Zhang, Thomas F. George Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U36.00009: Adaptive engineering of coherent soft-x-rays by temporal and spatial laser-pulse shaping Thomas Pfeifer, Ron Kemmer, Robert Spitzenpfeil, Dominik Walter, Carsten Winterfeldt, Christian Spielmann, Gustav Gerber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U36.00010: Synchronization of femtosecond laser and electron pulses with sub-ps precision Rick Clinite, Hyuk Park, Xuan Wang, Shouhua Nie, Jim Cao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U36.00011: Athwart Proton Migration in Polyatomic Molecules during Strong-Field Laser Pulse Dmitri Romanov, Alexei Markevitch, Stanley Smith, Robert Levis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U36.00012: Dynamics of Molecular Fragmentation Mediated by Charge-Transfer States Robert Levis(1,*), Dmitri Romanov(2,*), Alexei Markevitch(1,*), Stanley Smith, Dusan Lorencz, Dusan Velic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U36.00013: Phase Coherent Photorefractivity in ZnSe Quantum Wells Suvranta Tripathy, Hans-Peter Wagner, Hans-Peter Tranitz, Wolfgang Langbein Preview Abstract

Session U39: Non-Fermi Liquids and Spin Liquids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexander Balatsky, LANL
Room: LACC 514

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U39.00001: Numerical Evidences of Fractionalization in an Easy-Axis Two-Spin Heisenberg Antiferromagnet Donna Sheng, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U39.00002: Hydrodynamic description of correlations in Quantum Fluids Fabio Franchini, Alexander Abanov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U39.00003: Probing the Pseudogap for an Algebraic Spin Liquid Michael Hermele, T. Senthil, Matthew P. A. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U39.00004: Calogero-Sutherland model and Quantum Benjamin-Ono Equation Alexander G. Abanov, Paul B. Wiegmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U39.00005: Berry phases emerging from the $\pi$-flux state Akihiro Tanaka, Xiao Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U39.00006: Rectification in quantum wires with strong electron interactions Bernd Braunecker, D.E. Feldman, J.B. Marston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U39.00007: A Tale of Two Theories: Quantum Griffiths Effects in Metallic Systems Antonio Castro Neto, Barbara Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U39.00008: Renormalization group study of bond order wave phase in the extended Hubbard chain Ka Ming Tam, Shan-Wen Tsai, David K. Campbell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U39.00009: Hole localization in Doped Mott Insulators Ting-pong Choy, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U39.00010: Variational study of triangular lattice Heisenberg spin-1/2 model with ring exchanges and spin liquid state in $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$ Olexei Motrunich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U39.00011: The infrared catastrophe and tunneling into a correlated conductor Kelly Patton, Michael Geller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U39.00012: Critical Theory of the Multi-Channel Anderson Impurity Model Henrik Johannesson, Carlos J. Bolech, Natan Andrei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U39.00013: Non-Fermi liquid behavior in a three-orbital Anderson model with inverted Hund's rule. Lorenzo De Leo, Michele Fabrizio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U39.00014: Quantum creep and variable range hopping of one-dimensional interacting electrons Thomas Nattermann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U39.00015: Quasi-linear temperature dependence of the resistivity due to a nested Fermi surface Pedro Schlottmann Preview Abstract
		U39.00016: Influence of thermal fluctuations on quantum phase transitions in 1D disordered systems: CDWs and Luttinger liquids Thomas Nattermann, Andreas Glatz Preview Abstract
		U39.00017: Nonlinear ac conductivity of interacting 1d electron systems Thomas Nattermann, Bernd Rosenow Preview Abstract
		U39.00018: Breakdown of Strong Coupling Expansions for doped Mott Insulators Philip Phillips, Dimitrios Galanakis, Tudor Stanescu Preview Abstract
		U39.00019: Breakdown of One-Paramater Scaling in Quantum Critical Scenarios for the High-Temperature Copper-oxide Superconductors Philip Phillips, Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract

Session U40: Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures V: Molecules

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCP
Chair: J. v. Ruitenbeek, Universiteit Leiden
Room: LACC 408A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U40.00001: Theory of electron hopping through atomic-scale contacts Kenji Hirose, Nobuhiko Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U40.00002: Encapsulated Organic Molecules in Carbon Nanotubes: Novel p-n junctions Yi Liu, Nicholas Kioussis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U40.00003: Nonequilibrium Kondo Prashant Sharma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U40.00004: Superconductivity in Long and Short Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U40.00005: Using molecular transistors to study the Kondo effect in the presence of ferromagnetism Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U40.00006: Inelastic effects on the transport properties of alkanethiols Yu-Chang Chen, Michael Zwolak, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U40.00007: Electron Transport Through Molecules: Gate Induced Polarization and Potential Shift San-Huang Ke, Harold U. Baranger, Weitao Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U40.00008: Franck-Condon Blockade and Giant Fano Factors in Transport Through Single Molecules Felix von Oppen, Jens Koch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U40.00009: Controlled Fabrication of Nanogaps for Molecular Electronics D. R. Strachan, D. E. Smith, D. E. Johnston, A. T. Johnson, D. A. Bonnell, T.-H. Park, S. P. Wu, M. J. Therien, F. V. Cochran, W. F. DeGrado Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U40.00010: Orbital resolved electron transport in single molecule contacts Kristian Thygesen, Robert Stadler, Mikkel Strange, Karsten Jacobsen Preview Abstract
		U40.00011: Tunneling mechanisms of transport in single organic molecules Ivan Oleynik, Mortko Kozhushner, Vladimir Posvyanskii Preview Abstract

Session U41: Correlated Electrons: Superconductivity and Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Norman Birge, Michigan State Univ.
Room: LACC 150A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U41.00001: Superconductivity and non-Fermi liquid behavior near antiferromagnetic quantum critical points in CeRh$_{1-x}$Co$_x$In$_5$ J.R. Jeffries, N.A. Frederick, E.D. Bauer, H. Kimura, V.S. Zapf, K.-D. Hof, T.A. Sayles, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U41.00002: Field dependence of thermal conductivity in the superconducting state of M.A. Tanatar, J. Paglione, Louis Taillefer, C. Petrovic, P. Canfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U41.00003: Low Temperature Susceptibility of the Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor Ce$_{1-x}$La$_{x}$Pt$_{3}$Si D.P. Young, M. Moldovan, X.S. Wu, P.W. Adams, J.Y. Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U41.00004: 2D fermionic systems near a magnetic $2k_F$ instability: application to electron-doped cuprates Pavel Krotkov, Andrey Chubukov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U41.00005: Spin excitations in cuprates with fluctuating stripe order Ribhu Kaul, Matthias Vojta, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U41.00006: Quantum Monte Carlo Study of ``Fictive Impurity'' to Half-Filled Hubbard Model Andreas Fuhrmann, Satoshi Okamoto, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U41.00007: Phonons in Hubbard Ladders Alexander Seidel, Dung-Hai Lee, Hsiu-Hau Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U41.00008: Theoretical Evidence for the Equivalence between the Ground States of the Strong-Coupling BCS Hamiltonian and the Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Model Kwon Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U41.00009: Possible Observation of a 'Zhang-RiceTriplet': RIXS Study of Li2CuO2 Timothy Learmonth, Cormac McGuinness, Per-Anders Glans, James E. Downes, Thorsten Schmitt, Laurent C. Duda, Jinghua Guo, Kevin E. Smith, Fangcheng Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U41.00010: Pronounced enhancement of the lower critical field and critical current deep in the superconducting state of PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ A.C. Mota, T. Cichorek, F. Steglich, N.A. Frederick, W.M. Yuhasz, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U41.00011: RPES of the Electron-Doped Cuprates Studied by the Variational Monte-Carlo Method Ting-kuo Lee, Chung-Pin Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U41.00012: Enhancement of pairing in a boson-fermion model for coupled ladders Jose Riera Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U41.00013: Regular Perturbation Theory About Generalized Self-Consistent Field Hamiltonian Armen Kocharian, Chi Yang, You Ling Chiang, L.Y. Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U41.00014: Enhanced Superconductivity in Bilayered Systems Saurabh Basu Preview Abstract
		U41.00015: Nodal-antinodal dichotomy in doped Mott insulators Tiago C. Ribeiro Preview Abstract
		U41.00016: Higher order corrections to effective low-energy theories for strongly correlated electron systems Sasha Chernyshev, Dimitrios Galanakis, Philip Phillips, Alex Rozhkov, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract

Session U42: Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Jack Bass, Michigan State University
Room: LACC 150B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U42.00001: Low temperature physical properties of R$_{3}$Co$_{4}$Sn$_{13}$ (R = La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Gd) E.M. Bittar, O. Ag\"{u}ero, R.R. Urbano, L. Mendon\c{c}a Ferreira, C. Rettori, I. Torriani, P.G. Pagliuso Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U42.00002: Properties of Heusler alloy Co$_{2}$Cr$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Al epitaxial thin films Rajesh Kelekar, Bruce Clemens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U42.00003: Pressure-temperature magnetic phase diagram of Au$_4$V investigated by electrical resistivity using Designer Diamond Anvils Damon Jackson, Chantel Aracne, Sam Weir, Jason Jeffries, Brian Maple, Yogesh Vohra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U42.00004: Synthesis and device applications of doped perovskite manganite nanowires Bo Lei, Chao Li, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U42.00005: Epitaxial growth of half metal thin films on GaAs(100) for spin injection Y. L. Hsu, Y. H. Chiu , Y. Lin, J. Kwo, P. Chang, Y. L. Huang, M. L. Huang, Y. J. Lee, K. Y. Lee, W. G. Lee, M. Hong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U42.00006: Magnetic Response of Weakly Coupled Ladders: A Model for Stripes in the Cuprates Fabian Essler, Robert Konik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U42.00007: Orbital Paramagnetism of Strongly Confined Micron Width 2DEG Strips in the Extreme Quantum Limit Michael Harrison Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U42.00008: Anisotropic photo-induced magnetism of a sequentially deposited thin films of Rb$_{j}$Co$_{k}$[Fe(CN)$_{6}$]$_{l}$$\cdot$$n$H$_{2}$O J.-H. Park, E. \v{C}i\v{z}m\'{a}r, M.W. Meisel, F. Frye, S. Lane, Y.D. Huh, D.R. Talham Preview Abstract
		U42.00009: From itinerant ferromagnetism to insulating antiferromagnetism: A magnetic and transport study of single crystal SrRu$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$O$_{3}$ (0$\le $ x$<$0.60) Shalinee Chikara, X.N. Lin, E. Elhami, V. Durairaj, G. Cao, Pedro Schlottmann Preview Abstract
		U42.00010: Charge ordering transition in La$_{1.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$NiO$_4$ studied by Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Jeff Graf, Gey-Hong Gweon, Chris Jozwiak, Shuyun Zhou, Takao Sasagawa, Hiroshi Takagi, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
		U42.00011: Magneto-Optic Properties of Small Atomic Clusters of Ga and In with As and V Liudmila Pozhar, Alan Yeates, Frank Szmulowicz, William Mitchel Preview Abstract
		U42.00012: Surface-Kondo Effect Observed for Single Gd and Ho Atoms Embedded in Lu(0001) Daniel Wegner, Andreas Bauer, G\"unter Kaindl Preview Abstract
		U42.00013: First-principles calculations of the magnetic interactions in Fe dimers Sergey Stolbov, Richard A. Klemm, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
		U42.00014: Mott-Hubbard Type Transition and Thermodynamic Properties in Nanoscale Clusters Armen Kocharian, Gayanath Fernando, James Davenport Preview Abstract
		U42.00015: High Coercivity FePt Nanoparticles Synthesized Using the Particle Gun M.J. Bonder, Y.H. Huang, P. Liu, J. Wan, Y. Zhang, G.C. Hadjipanayis, D. Weller Preview Abstract

Session U43: Focus Session: Phase Complexity and Enhanced Functionality in Magnetic Oxides V

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Andrei Sushkov, University of Maryland
Room: LACC 150C

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U43.00001: X-ray Absorption spectroscopic investigation of Novel Magnetic oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U43.00002: Anomalous electronic state in CaCrO$_3$ and SrCrO$_3$ J.-S. Zhou, J.B. Goodenough, Y.W Long, C.-Q. Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U43.00003: Phase separation and Jahn-Teller effect in spinels Sunmog Yeo, Y. Horibe, S. Mori, C.H. Chen, S. Guha, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U43.00004: Tuning of magnetic and electronic states by control of oxygen content in lanthanum strontium cobaltates S. Kolesnik, B. Dabrowski, J. Mais, M. Majjiga, A. Baszczuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U43.00005: Electronic Structure at Mott Insulator/Band Insulator Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U43.00006: Field-Induced Orbital and Magnetic Phases in the Layered Ruthenates J. F. Karpus, R. Gupta, H. Barath, S. L. Cooper, G. Cao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U43.00007: Structural and Magnetic Behavior of a New Low Dimensional Cobalt Oxide John Mitchell, Hong Zheng, Laurent Chapon, Paolo Radaelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U43.00008: Magnetic Field Induced Phases of the Strontium Ruthenates Rajeev Gupta, Minjung Kim, Harini Barath, S. Lance Cooper, Gang Cao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U43.00009: Coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in multilayered high-$T_{\rm c}$ cuprates Michiyasu Mori, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U43.00010: Superconducting Clusters and Colossal Effects in Underdoped Cuprates Gonzalo Alvarez, Matthias Mayr, Adriana Moreo, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
		U43.00011: Magnetic coupling near the metal-insulator transition in RNiO3 J.-S. Zhou, J.B. Goodenough, B. Dabrowski Preview Abstract

Session U44: Focus Session: Interfaces, Characterization, and Fabrication

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Karen Waldrip, Sandia National Labs
Room: LACC 518

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U44.00001: Combined Surface Analytical Methods to Characterize Degradative Processes in Anti-Stiction Films in MEMS Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U44.00002: Role of interface in nanocrystalline diamond film internal friction Thomas Metcalf, Xiao Liu, Brian Houston, James Butler, Tatyana Feygelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U44.00003: TEM-STM for Novel Nanotechnological Experimentation Joel Vaughn, Martin-E. Kordesch, Saw-Wai Hla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U44.00004: Photoacoustic Characterization of Nanoelectromechanical Systems A. Kumar, O. Balogun, T. Kouh, Kamil Ekinci, T.W. Murray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U44.00005: Observation of the skin-depth effect on the Casimir force between metallic surfaces Mariangela Lisanti, Davide Iannuzzi, Federico Capasso Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U44.00006: On the torque on birefringent plates induced by quantum fluctuations Jeremy Munday, Davide Iannuzzi, Federico Capasso, Yuri Barash Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U44.00007: Nonlinear dynamics of micro-opto-mechanical cavities Florian Marquardt, Jack Harris, Steven M. Girvin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U44.00008: Novel Method for Gas Sampling Nanoliter MEMS Packages to Determine Hermeticity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U44.00009: Bottom-up Fabrication of Nanoelectromechanical Systems by Two-layer Nanoimprint Lithography Chien-Chih Huang, Taejoon Kouh, Kamil L. Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U44.00010: Piezoelectric Aluminum Nitride Thin Films Deposited onto Metal Layer for Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers Qianghua Wang, Jianzeng Xu, Changhe Huang, Ratna Naik, Gregory W. Auner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U44.00011: Nanostructured electron beam deposited resonator combined with nanoparticles for mechanical single-electron transport Hyun Kim, Hua Qin, Robert Blick Preview Abstract